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The Challenge of Housing the Urban Poor in Nigeriahttp://wscholars.com/index.php/ajhe/article/view/883
The thrust of this paper is to investigate the challenges of housing the urban poor in Nigeria with a focus on Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State. Using Survey Research Design (SRD), data were collected via structured questionnaire interview, observation and photo-snaps. The study identified rapid urbanization in Nigeria due to massive rural-urban drift and explosive urban population growth. The result of the study confirms a number of problems associated with urban poor in Nigeria including poor housing, unemployment, inaccessibility to basic facilities, poverty and poor sanitation leading to environmental degradation and poor health. The study also identify the poor constituting a sizable number of urban dwellers who are mostly incapacitated to build houses for themselves and unable to afford the cost of existing ones. The paper asserts the need for quick government intervention through Poverty Alleviation Programs (PAPs) as viable means to alleviating the current devastating economic status of the urban poor in Nigeria. This necessitates the need for advance strategies that will link shelter with employment generation. Besides, effective housing loan schemes should be encouraged and made available to mitigating the problems of urban housing provision for the poor in Nigeria.J.O OwoeyeA.E Olajuyigbe
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2017-08-112017-08-1162424210.11634/216796221706883Socio-Economic Implication of Urban Sprawl on Changing Land Use Pattern in Akure, Nigeriahttp://wscholars.com/index.php/ajhe/article/view/884
Urban sprawl is a universal phenomenon which mostly reveals urbanization effect on land uses. This study employed Survey Research Design (SRD) to explore urban sprawl impact on land use changes in Akure region. It involved personal observation and structured questionnaires administered on selected household-heads. The study area was organized into two Data Delineation Areas (DDAs) -the Akure Urban and Akure Peripheries. Average households in Akure Urban were estimated at 95,232 while those at the Peripheries/adjoining communities were 14,794; totaling 110,026 households. Out of this, a sample of 1% was selected for questionnaire interview in a succession of 10th buildings on one respondent per building. Findings revealed unguided expansion in the growth of the city and undue encroachment into green areas at the suburbs. There were incompatible land use conversions, occasioned by various socio-economic activities of the residents. The study suggests effective zoning strategy to mitigating the unguided nature of the expansion. It also recommends adequate monitoring by the Development Control Department and other stakeholders in urban planning to check incompatible land use changes. Besides, the age-long master plan of Akure is noted for review while a more comprehensive regional plan is advocated to guide the development of the entire region.J.O OWOEYE,J.O FASAKIN
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2017-08-112017-08-1162566710.11634/216796221706884